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an efficient work organization. In this article it is analyzed the evolution of the productivity and employment levels in … labor productivity is also the pointer of the quality of life in a economy, therefore it represents the value produced by … the work. Moreover, the total factors productivity is the measure of the technological and organizational progress (don …
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profitability and productivity that can outweigh the costs of the policy. This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the link … between environmental policy stringency and productivity growth, and the various channels through which such effects can take …
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model, we use novel and detailed productivity and survey data from nine large firms in three industries: call … profits per worker and the difference is driven by referrals from high productivity workers. …
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We review the econometric literature on measuring the returns to R&D. The theoretical frameworks that have been used are outlined, followed by an extensive discussion of measurement and econometric issues that arise when estimating the models. We then provide a series of tables summarizing the...
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What do we know about the relationship between innovation and productivity among firms? The workhorse model of this … innovation are derived. The recent empirical evidence on the relationship between innovation and productivity in firms is then … surveyed. The conclusion is that there are substantial positive impacts of product innovation on revenue productivity, but that …
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In this report we review the literature on the relationship between ICT and productivity. In Sect. 1 we discuss in … broad terms the theoretical relationship between ICT and productivity, while in Sect. 2 we present the growth accounting …, total factor productivity). Within the growth-accounting methodology, in Sect. 3, we discuss the U.S. - E.U. productivity …
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In this study, we examine the determinants of productivity growth and labour produc - tivity in Switzerland based on … infrastructure as possible determinants of labour productivity. …
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In this paper the evolution of labour productivity and TFP is anlysed for the Italian regions at the sector level over … the period 1980-2004 using growth accounting techniques. The results sugges that the decline in productivity after 1995 … growth seems to have been the major responsible for both the decline of labour productivity growth and for explaining …
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In this article, as part of the symposium on total factor productivity, Erwin Diewert of the University of British … Columbia provides a comprehensive discussion of what is needed to develop reliable measures of total factor productivity in … production of services and that if we want accurate measures of total factor productivity at the industry level, statistical …
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We examine the contribution of incremental and radical innovations to total factor productivity (TFP) growth at the …
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